Getting an Olympic medal placed around your neck is one of the greatest things an athlete can achieve … but perhaps the actual medal won’t hold up. U.S. skateboarder and bronze medalist Nyjah Huston shared…
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SAINT-DENIS, France – Maybe with Sha’Carri Richardson a stare is worth 1,000 words. It better be, because one of the most intriguing Americans of the Paris Olympics didn’t have many more to offer. You’d think…
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SAINT-DENIS, France – The 4×100 relay Olympic medal drought continues for the U.S. men, who were disqualified after crossing the finish line in seventh place on Friday. Canada finished first at 37.50, South Africa took…
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PARIS – Imane Khelif’s words were as powerful as her punches Friday night. “I am a woman,’’ she said while speaking Arabic in a room full of reporters, adding that she was born a woman…
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The 2024 Paris Olympics may be nearing its end, but some crucial Olympic medals are on the line. Fifty-two Olympic medals will be awarded Saturday across 21 sports, including a gold medal in men’s basketball.…
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PARIS — Beverly McDonald had long since given up hope of ever receiving her Olympic bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, had long since come to terms with the reality that Marion Jones, who…
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SAINT-DENIS, France — Rai Benjamin and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone exchanged an embrace in the mixed zone Friday night. The two have something new in common. They are both Olympic champions. A day after McLaughlin-Levrone dazzled in…
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PARIS – When American climber Brooke Raboutou and Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret made their climbing debut at the Paris Games, the roar from the crowd was deafening. Raboutou smiled toward Garnbret and said, “second Olympics, baby.” …
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Written opposition to the proposed settlement of the proposed multi-billion-dollar settlement of three athlete-compensation antitrust cases against the NCAA and the Power Five conferences that is pending with a federal judge in California grew on Friday.…
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PARIS — Helen Maroulis thought about leaving her shoes on the mat Friday, but she never got the sign she was waiting for that her wrestling career is definitely over. “Yesterday I was like, ‘I’m…